Seaside Park, N.J., March 1958March 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Seaside Park, N.J., March 1958 in March 1958. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 32.

Reported location

Seaside Park, N.J., March 1958

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
E | 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
[1 Was Balloon
91000 Mur BR | Seaside park, N.J. {3 Probably Balloon
] 3, DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF O85ERVATION | EH Es Sh QC
A iol J 0 Was Aircraft !
Gy op lok Sal ed CR SO Cane Ei RE (Re Ps “£1:Ground-VYisuel 0 Ground-Radar E BiahakIV IAT basuty
BEE : 2
: GMT.21 22 7/1 1-22/0945%7 2 AirVisugl O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS i SCURCE 0 Wes Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
; «i No di vilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF 08SERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE El Ot he privity Clie
% ‘I Insufficient Data for Evaluation
y 0 Unknown
a 2-4 mins one ENE
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Elliptical obj, size of large grape-| Astro plot & computer indicate
| fruit. Length approx 2 times as long! the star Vega was practically in
White to vellow light reflected on position given by observers.
: water, Steady slow course fm over At point of initial observation,
! water toward land, Disappeared proor| Venus was exceptionally bright,
| 3 to arrival over land, Two rpts, sme however location near 60 deg &
§ time succeeding days, Different lower, Investigators considered
observers, possible a/c sightimg, Insufficient
data , Terminal point of observa
: tion not included, Duration too
; short for Astro sighting at this
! elev,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Q : x
ay ;
Cie Fe on a (PARE LCE EA WCE (ENE 1 A CO SDB TEC ots CM BLAS RTE Swit Je EON i ‘ ; 5

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977516

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-03-01